Ethnicity-specific birthweight distributions improve identification of term newborns at risk for short-term morbidity

Objective We aimed to determine whether ethnicity-specific birthweight distributions more accurately identify newborns at risk for short-term neonatal morbidity associated with small for gestational age (SGA) birth than population-based distributions not stratified on ethnicity. Study Design We exam...

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Published in:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2013-11, Vol.209 (5), p.428.e1-428.e6
Main Authors: Hanley, Gillian E., PhD, Janssen, Patricia A., PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Asia, Western - ethnology
Asian Americans - statistics & numerical data
Birth Weight
China - ethnology
ethnicity
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Female
fetal growth
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Male
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pregnancy
Risk Assessment
small for gestational age
Statistical Distributions
Washington
Young Adult
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Summary:Objective We aimed to determine whether ethnicity-specific birthweight distributions more accurately identify newborns at risk for short-term neonatal morbidity associated with small for gestational age (SGA) birth than population-based distributions not stratified on ethnicity. Study Design We examined 100,463 singleton term infants born to parents in Washington State between Jan. 1, 2006, and Dec. 31, 2008. Using multivariable logistic regression models, we compared the ability of an ethnicity-specific growth distribution and a population-based growth distribution to predict which infants were at increased risk for Apgar score
ISSN:0002-9378
1097-6868
DOI:10.1016/j.ajog.2013.06.042